Incisive article on this artwork by Peter B. Harris, Professor of English and Creative Writing at Colby College, on Stieglitz's "self estrangement and his desire to heal, evade, or mediate it through art" and the idea that "photography, no less than literature, is a medium that invites everyone's projections and constructions." http://college.cengage.com/english/heath/harris.htm
Excellent overview of Stieglitz's work from the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stgp/hd_stgp.htm
related, in Stokstad 5th edition: p. 1036-1037
Good quotations from Stieglitz in this short article on this photograph from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts:
http://archive.artsmia.org/get-the-picture/stieglitz/frame08.html
Khan Academy article on this artwork: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/american-art-wwii/a/stieglitz-the-steerage
Incisive article on this artwork by Peter B. Harris, Professor of English and Creative Writing at Colby College, on Stieglitz's "self estrangement and his desire to heal, evade, or mediate it through art" and the idea that "photography, no less than literature, is a medium that invites everyone's projections and constructions."
http://college.cengage.com/english/heath/harris.htm